MLME-MICHAELMICFAILURE problem madwifi<->hostapd

Jouni Malinen j
Tue Jun 5 19:20:26 PDT 2007


On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 03:39:24PM -0000, Queisser, Andrew (VfB Stuttgart '07!!) wrote:

> I've tested the updated madwifi driver and now I correctly
> see the TKIP countermeasures starting in hostapd when I send 
> bad packets.

Nice to hear that it worked.

> Just out of curiosity, Jouni, what do you think is incorrect
> about the fix?

The way unicast vs. broadcast is determined was changed to use incorrect
address field. This should be determined based on the destination
address (addr1), not the source address (addr2). The previous code was
correct for this part.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA




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